Allissa V. Richardson, Ph.D., is an award-winning author, journalism scholar, and professor at the University of Southern California in Los Angeles. She believes in empowering
A New Yorker writer’s intimate, revealing account of Tupac Shakur’s life and legacy, timed to the fiftieth anniversary of his birth and twenty-fifth anniversary of
An essential and revelatory coming-of-age narrative from a thrilling new voice, Rainbow Milk follows nineteen-year-old Jesse McCarthy as he grapples with his racial and sexual
R. Eric Thomas didn’t know he was different until the world told him so. Everywhere he went–whether it was his rich, mostly white, suburban high
James Baldwin’s groundbreaking novel about love and the fear of love is set among the bohemian bars and nightclubs of 1950s Paris. In the 1950s
Buried in the archive for almost ninety years, Claude McKay’s Romance in Marseille traces the adventures of a rowdy troupe of dockworkers, prostitutes, and political
Maya Jackson has worked for Laura Whitcomb Inc., a renowned New York City bridal gown brand for years and dreams of becoming head designer. She
Since her mother’s death, M a Day has been no stranger to loss. But with a budding new singing career on the horizon and help
Makeda Hicks has lost her job and her girlfriend in one fell swoop. The last thing she’s in the mood for is to rehash the
The Aura has been forced out of hiding…. The surviving members of Aura Society are struggling with the transition to the human world. Zarovia Monoceros
When rolling out first met California native, Erica Soul, she opened up by telling us the origin of her name. “My given name is Erica
As a member of Destiny’s Child, one of the top female R&B groups of all time, Michelle Williams felt blessed. After the group disbanded, she
Growing up in dive bars up and down the East Coast, Toni Bennette’s guitar was her only companion…until she met Sebastian Quick. Seb was a
Avery Keene, a brilliant young law clerk for the legendary Justice Howard Wynn, is doing her best to hold her life together–excelling in an arduous
The Nation Must Awake, published for a wide audience for the first time, is Mary E. Jones Parrish’s first-person account, along with the recollections of
In a crowded London pub, two young people meet. Both are Black and British, both won scholarships to private schools where they struggled to belong,
Tarana Burke and Brené Brown bring together a dynamic group of Black writers, organizers, artists, academics and cultural figures to discuss the topics the two
A Nigerian goddess, who has been beaten down and unappreciated by her gregarious lover, longs to be truly seen. A young businesswoman attempts a great
Maria Lloyd has always had an entrepreneurial drive. From the tender age of 5, Lloyd sold puppies made out of Mardi Gras beads. That drive
Ninety-six years ago today, a Baptist minister and an avid follower of Black nationalist leader Marcus Garvey, the Rev. Earl Little, and his wife Louise
